The subject of Harold Ticktin's June 26 Yiddish Vinkl column is the word shlingen, which means swallow.
As an example, he offers this colorful curse from the wonderful YiddishWit.com: “Zol er shlingen a shirem un s’zol zikh im efenen in boykh. – He should swallow an umbrella and may it open in his stomach.”
For some reason, I thought of the Democrats when I read that.
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